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dinsdag 29 november 2011

Today just 2 earlier made butterfly cards, made with the same stamps but opposite stamping. The first one has been stamped with white ink on black paper and coloured with Derwent soft colour pencils. And the 2nd one is stamped with black ink on white paper and also coloured with pencils.On the 1st card the butterflies are embossed with silver EP and coloured on watercolourpaper with Tombo markers and waterpen. On the 2nd card they are stamped with black archival ink and coloured with Tombo's and blending pen.

maandag 21 november 2011

How would you like the chance to win a £10 voucher to spend on Chocolate Baroque rubber stamps? Or would you prefer a £20 voucher or how about £50? Glenda is setting a maximum prize fund of £50.00, and the winner will be drawn at random, so you have nothing to lose by having a go and a lot to gain by encouraging all your challenge-holic buddies to join in.
The theme is WHITE CHRISTMAS and how you interpret the theme and what kind of artwork you produce is entirely up to you – cards are obviously welcome but feel free to do anything from ATCs to jewellery, canvas to crochet. As a bonus, any pieces which showcase Chocolate Baroque stamps particularly well will be featured in full on the Chocolate Baroque Design Team blog over Christmas with a link back to your blog.
The closing date is DECEMBER 15TH 2011 and the winner will be chosen at random from the list of entries.
Here is a logo you can put on your blog, forum or Facebook, etc to encourage people to play along. Take a look at the CB website and I am sure you want to play along! You can also look on Glenda's blog for further information.Creative greetz and good luck, looking forward to see all your creations.............

donderdag 17 november 2011

Today it's all about kissing! I like this technique very much and you can play on many ways with it. In the last Art Specially magazine you can see an article about this technique. I believe with 6 variations..........Here is the first one...... I have used a solid oval of Impression Obsession, a cover a card 'Pine'branches' from IO and the lovely bird image from the'Christmas Song'sheet from Chocolate Baroque. The quote is also from the same sheet.

For this kissing technique you will need one solid stamp or at least almost solid and a patterned stamp. I inked the solid stamp with Brilliance olive and around the edges some Thyme. Then I stamped this solid oval onto the (clean) cover a card 'pine branches' and with that kiss it pulls out the ink from the oval and you can see the pine branches in white. I overstamped the little robin on his branch and coloured him with pencils.
Voor de kus techniek heb je een dichte- negatieve- solid stempel nodig of in ieder geval een bijna dichte en een stempel met patroon. Ik heb de dichte stempel beiinkt met Brilliance Olive en aan de rand de kleur Thyme. Daarna heb ik de ovaal afgedrukt op een niet beiinkte pine branches achtergrond en met die 'kus' trekt het de inkt uit het ovaal en kun je de dennetakjes in wit zien. Hier overheen heb ik de kleine vogel op de tak gestempeld en deze gekleurd met kleurpotloden.
Hieronder de 2e...........met een dubbele kus (twee kleuren inkt)

The 2nd one..........with a double kiss( two different colour inks)

I inked a solid circle from Impression Obsession with a purple Brilliance ink, then I inked up one of the Morris baubles with Brilliance 'rust' and let these two stamps kiss(this is a double kiss-two inks) The result gave a smooth pattern into the circle. I overstamped with the beautiful elegant flower from the CB sheet: Fantasy Meadow, another gorgeous one! Then some accents with pencil and ultra fine glitter from Hero arts( it's great stuff) The quote is from IO.

This one is made with the solid circle from IO and the cover a card 'Woodgrain'. On the background of the card you can see the entire Woodgrain background. A very versatile stamp. The pattern repeats in the solid circle. I over stamped with one of the elegant flowers of the Fantasy Meadow sheet of CB. The quote is from the 'Bold blooms' sheet from CB. All stamps are for sale in the Posthumus shop in Amsterdam.

At this one I've used the large solid Cover a card background from IO. I inked it with Memento New sprout and Danube blue and turquoise . Then 'kissed' it several times with a leaf from the Bold blooms sheet from Chocolate Baroque. It gave a sort of Batik effect..... The leaves are all from the Bold blooms/Fresh Blooms from CB and embossed with Lagoon and Olive from WOW. Added some gemstones and a sentiment from the Loving Sentiments from CB.

At the 2nd one I've also used a Cover a card background from Impression Obsession. It's called 'Lace' and I've embossed it with white EP on black paper. Again the same technique as above for the flower and leaves.

On the 3rd one I have used another beautie from Chocolate Baroque, the Waterlily mandala. Also used the same technique as the other ones. I have embossed the flower and leaves with black EP. All powders are from WOW. I have stamped with Stazon white on sheet with the flower element of Impression Obsession. The Christmas quote is also from IO.

zondag 13 november 2011

Today more creations with the Chocolate Baroque stamps. The first one has been made with a self made circle template which I used for sponging with 2 colours of Brilliance ink. Then I stamped the'Morris baubles' into them with black ink and gave some accents with a white gelpen and a glue pen and glitter powder. Then I masked the two circles and stamped the snowflake flourish onto the card. ( Brilliance Gamma green and Poppy red) Normally colours which I rarely use......but sometimes it's good to go outside your comfort zone.Added some gemstones and a ribbon and matted it onto red and green card stock.

The 2nd one is my favourite for now, love those cool colours and the images are fab! I used the CB sheet 'Harlequin Christmas' in combination with the elements of the Bold blooms/Fresh blooms. I stamped the Christmas decoration and the eastern landscape inking up first with Versamark then with different shades of Memento ink (turquoise/danube blue/paris dusk and also orchid for the decoration) and embossed it with silver holographic sparkle from WOW. Well I thought it would be really WOW! Embossed the flower and leaves with silver EP and coloured it with my Tombo markers and waterpen. On the background I repeated the colours with a piece of the Harlequin background stamp.

vrijdag 11 november 2011

As promised some more creations with Christmas stamps from Chocolate Baroque! Also with the Snowflake Flourishsheet in combination with theMulti blooms/Fresh blooms.Those sheets have such gorgeous flower and leaf elements! Great for my fav technique of embossing and colouring with water based markers.

So here is the first one........embossed with silver EP and coloured by waterbased markers and a waterpen. That's one of my fav techniques. Also a pic from a different angle so you can see the silver EP very well.

Ok, now on to the 2nd one with the same sheet only a different technique. I have embossed with white EP and sponged with Colorbox pigment inks. Then wiped with a clean cloth over the embossing layer and the white layer became white again.

On the 2nd one I used silver pearl EP to resist and made a rectangle with maskingtape for sponging. In the rectangle I stamped the flourish again and add a fineliner on two edges. Some gemstones, ribbon and mirripaper for matting and the card was ready!

woensdag 9 november 2011

Today, after a period of 'silence' I will show you some pictures of the Kreadoe event in Utrecht. It was a very busy period and after 5 days I am really exhausted.....and have to regain energy levels. But it was also very nice to meet so much creative people and to connect with others......Should do that more often..... Beneath you can see the workshop project.....stamping on wood with the 'kissing technique and emboss some elements to attach to the tree. There were also a lot of 'not' stampers who did follow the workshop. Hope they will become stampers! Because playing with stamps and ink is such a delight!

Here is a photo of some very nice ladies doing the 'first' workshop.There were 6 people who could join for each workshop. I came running in on half past ten and a lot of bad luck on the way........they did change my bad start of this day........so nice that you were there!
Hier een foto van enkele hele lieve dames die de 'eerste' workshop volgden. Ik kwam om half elf binnengerend na een ochtend van files en pech........zij maakten het weer goed........leuk dat jullie er waren!

And also some of the art boards with all those gorgeous stamps and projects made with them.

Those great Cover a Cards backgrounds from IO, they are so versatile to use and in the mean time they have so many different backgrounds of them.....lost count
Die geweldige Cover a Cards achtergronden van IO, ze zijn zo veelzijdig te gebruiken en onder tussen zijn er zo veel verschillende achtergronden van deze.....ben de tel kwijt

So that's all for now, soon be back to show some of the projects.........creative greetz,

Over mij

Hello, my name is Miranda and as long I can remember I've been a creative soul. In fact anything that can make the world a little more beautiful and peaceful. In these hard times we can sure use that...
a teacher told me once: do the things that makes your heart sing and I believe everyone around you will be influenced by that!
"Be the change you want to see in the world" Ghandi
hallo ik ben Miranda en ben al zolang ik me kan herinneren een creative ziel. Eigenlijk alles wat de wereld maar een beetje mooier kan maken.....en dat is in deze tijd niet verkeerd.
Een leraar zei me ooit: doe datgene waar je hart van gaat zingen......
"wees de verandering die je in de wereld wilt zien" Ghandi